The state of being desolate or barren.

In a desolate manner.

Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. / Barren and lifeless. / Made unfit for habitation or use because of neglect, destruction etc. / Dismal or dreary. / Sad, forlorn and hopeless.

To deprive of inhabitants. / To devastate or lay waste somewhere. / To abandon or forsake something. / To make someone sad, forlorn and hopeless.

simple past tense and past participle of desolate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of desolate

plural of desolateness

plural of desolator

Alternative spelling of desolater

The act of desolating or laying waste; destruction of inhabitants; depopulation. / The state of being desolated or laid waste / A place or country wasted and forsaken.